Husband Arrested Before Missing Wife Found Alive

On Friday, Camilyn Kay Price-Miller was reported missing and her husband was arrested for attempted murder. Police sources used suggestive language implicating the husband, a usual suspect in missing wife cases, as a suspect in a potential homicide. But a day later his wife was located, unaware that she was the subject of a missing persons search. As of Sunday morning, he remains in custody.

Cris Alarcon, Placerville Newswire | 2014-04-06

On Thursday, April 3rd 44-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident Jeffrey Miller reported his 47-year-old wife, Camilyn Kay Price-Miller, had been missing for several days. It turned out that she had already reported her mother missing to her local Kitsap County Washington Sheriff’s Department on March 31st, 2014. Press reports then went to on suggest that her husband was a suspect even though he had reported her missing.

"Additional information has arisen during the preliminary investigation which has generated concern for the location and well-being of Camilyn Kay Price-Miller. However, due to the active and rapidly unfolding nature of this case, South Lake Tahoe Police are withholding specific information regarding these circumstances from public release."

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South Lake Tahoe police officers arrested Jeffrey Miller, 44, on April 4 on the attempted murder warrant out of Nevada County. According to officials, in November he tried to beat his wife to death. It wasn’t long after that that the couple moved into an apartment in South Lake Tahoe near the state line.

Camilyn Kay Price-Miller was reported missing April 3 by her husband, however her daughter in Kitsap County, Wash., had already reported her missing to her local sheriff’s department on March 31.

Even worse, he had tried before! So they've arrested him for the initial attempted murder.

Quote:South Lake Tahoe police officers arrested Jeffrey Miller, 44, on April 4 on the attempted murder warrant out of Nevada County. According to officials, in November he tried to beat his wife to death.

Quote:“We don’t know if she is alive. We are working diligently to find that out. We believe there could be foul play in this.”

But on Saturday, South Lake Tahoe Police say they have found Camilyn Price after she was reported missing on Friday, April 4th. Police say Camilyn Kay Price-Miller's husband reported her missing Thursday, and said she had been gone for several days. When Price learned that officials were looking for her, she contacted the police and the search was ended.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Miller is a weekend guest of the El Dorado County Jail and is expected to be transferred to Nevada on Monday. Although he was the usual suspect in his wife's disappearance, he was not released when she was found because he still faces related charges in Nevada.

As far as El Dorado county is concerned:

The full press release read:

Missing Person

On Thursday, April 3rd 2014 around 7:00pm, 44-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident Jeffrey Miller reported his 47-year-old wife, Camilyn Kay Price-Miller, had been missing for several days. Investigation revealed that the adult daughter of Camilyn Kay Price-Miller, who lives in Kitsap County Washington, had already reported her mother missing to her local Sheriff’s Department on March 31st, 2014. Additional information has arisen during the preliminary investigation which has generated concern for the location and well-being of Camilyn Kay Price-Miller.

Due to the active and rapidly unfolding nature of this case, the police are withholding specific information regarding these circumstances from public release at this time. We are actively searching for Camilyn Kay Price-Miller. SLTPD is being assisted in this effort by several local agencies, including personnel from the offices of the El Dorado County Sheriff and District Attorney, the El Dorado County Search and Rescue unit, the SLEDNET task force and the US Forest Service. The police are also requesting the assistance of our public to call 911 if they have information as to the whereabouts of Camilyn Kay Miller-Price or her vehicle. Photos and descriptions of both are included with this news release. The photograph of the vehicle here is similar to the victim’s vehicle. It is not a photograph of her actual vehicle. The actual missing vehicle displays a California license plate of 5ADM509. It also has two stickers affixed to the rear bumper. One reads “Keep Tahoe Blue” and the other “Keep Tahoe Kind”. Affixed to the rear window is a sticker which displays the letters “LT”.